If he is - still a big if - the episode will have a double significance for the new Palestinian polity.

In the lead-up to Confederation in 1867, there was debate over whether the new polity should adopt a republican or monarchical form of government.

This marked the start of a new and more sophisticated polity that would last into the colonial period.

This new polity was to become known as the Empire of Nicaea.

An important difference was the gradual loss of tax revenue by the new polities.

Ismail retained his cabinet positions in the new polity.

Therefore it is the religious duty of Muslims to set aside their tribal differences, and establish a new polity under the Sacred Law.

Since then the city has struggled to recover, to build a new economy and a new polity.

Iraqis must now create a new polity under the supervision of an occupying power.

However, the achievements of the previous Persian civilizations were not lost, but were to a great extent absorbed by the new Islamic polity.